Chapter I: Front Matter

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Kneetime Animal Stories

SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL

Her Many Adventures

by

RICHARD BARNUM

Author of “Squinty, the Comical Pig,” “Mappo, the Merry Monkey,” “Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant,” “Don, a Runaway Dog,” etc.

Illustrated by Harriet H. Tooker

New York Barse & Hopkins Publishers

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KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES

By Richard Barnum

_Large 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume 40 cents, postpaid_

SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG
SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL
MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT
DON, A RUNAWAY DOG

BARSE & HOPKINS Publishers New York

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Copyright, 1915 by Barse & Hopkins

_Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I SLICKO LEARNS TO JUMP 7
II SLICKO MEETS SQUINTY 16
III SLICKO GOES ON A VISIT 30
IV SLICKO SEES A CIRCUS 38
V SLICKO AND TUM TUM 50
VI SLICKO GOES NUTTING 58
VII SLICKO IS CAUGHT 69
VIII SLICKO’S NEW HOME 78
IX SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS 88
X SLICKO RUNS AWAY 97
XI SLICKO’S BIG ADVENTURE 107
XII SLICKO FINDS HER NEST 117

ILLUSTRATIONS

Then, she scrambled up on Bob’s shoulder and put
her cold, soft nose on his cheek _Frontispiece_

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Then Slicko led the little pig to where there were
some acorn nuts, and Squinty ate them 25

Taking a drink of the cool water, Slicko washed her
paws and face in it 45

“I’m only a little girl squirrel, and I wouldn’t hurt
you for the world,” went on Slicko 59

“Oh, how cruel, to catch a poor little squirrel in a
trap!” exclaimed the first girl 81

Slicko gave a sudden little jump, and, right through
the paper she went 99

Slicko sat up on the table in time to see the man
give a jump through the window 119

SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL